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Huddersfield may have won only two of their past 15 Premier League fixtures but the team and club remain imbued with a free-wheeling spirit that may edge them over the line.

They were the better side here, ending a run of four games without a goal and playing with freedom rather than fear. Steve Mounie scored their first-half equaliser, capitalising on Shane Duffy’s stray pass.

It was a speedy response to Jonas Lossl’s own goal, when the keeper spilled Solly March’s low strike over the goal-line.

‘We would be the happiest men on the planet if we can have a second season in the Premier League,’ said Wagner.

Steve Mounie earned Huddersfield a vital point in their bid to avoid relegation at Brighton

The next two home fixtures, against Watford and Everton, offer promise. ‘If not, we have a very exciting final week . . . City away, Chelsea away, Arsenal at home,’ Wagner smiled. ‘Why not? It is possible.’

Brighton, who can all but secure their Premier League future at Crystal Palace on Saturday, may appeal against Davy Propper‘s red card, for a mistimed lunge on Jonathan Hogg.

‘There was no malice,’ Hughton said. ‘Is it a forceful challenge? Yes. Are his studs, feet off the ground? Certainly not. So if you give red cards for that, you will see a whole heap more.’